#D9CD71#D9CD71

#D9CD71 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.115 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD71
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 47.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -8.15, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 47.69, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0237 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.115 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4287, 59.6083, 24.3107)
Luminance	0.5961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD71 #717DD9

analogous

#D99971 #D9CD71 #B1D971

triadic

#D9CD71 #71D9CD #CD71D9

tetradic

#D9CD71 #71D999 #717DD9 #D971B1

square

#D9CD71 #71D999 #717DD9 #D971B1

split-complementary

#D9CD71 #71B1D9 #9971D9

monochromatic

#A4962C #CCBC41 #D9CD71 #E6DEA1 #F3EFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#D9CD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD71

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD71	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.115 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc9c',
    500: '#d9cd71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd71;
$custom-light: #e7dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83878,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD71

secondary

#4752A7

accent

#33C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD71

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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